Greek military service in the ancient Near East, 401-330 BCE / Jeffrey Rop.

This is the first monograph dedicated to the history of Greek military service for the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt from the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Through careful analysis of the political contexts of their recruitment and detai...

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Main Author: Rop, Jeffrey, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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505 0 |a The Greek thesis -- The Battle of Cunaxa -- Greece and the rebellion of Cyrus the Younger -- Greeks in Persia and Egypt, ca. 400-360 -- The revolt of Artabazus -- The Persian conquest of Egypt -- The Greco-Persian defense of Western Anatolia -- The fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire -- Conclusion: The other Persian Wars. 
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